17 October 2006

For people waiting for the Runway finale.....

go here and read this guy's blog recaps of the Runway episodes. Each one is a delight. I particularly like his little bits of artistic inspiration...
I'm still laughing about a porridge box he mocked up.
Read read read.
(and curse my friend CC for holding out on me with this until now.)

10 October 2006

Prop or Permanent? You decide!

I spotted this with a couple of nights ago.
There's no way that this commercial features Shatner's factory-issued nose, right?
Here's the question - is that his "new" nose (Thanks for the referral, Michael Jackson) or was this sniffer part of a gag that didn't make the commercial?
In either case - this is a terrible nose, right?

05 October 2006

A self serving announcement.

I'm in a play. First time in two-and-a-half years!
Music From A Sparkling Planet, by Douglas Carter Beane. I'm playing a somewhat bitter, pop culture obsessed homo. I think the only real stretch for me is that my character has a boyfriend.
Check out the details here.
Come out and see it if you can - we run weekends through October!

We'll use a Laser....

From the often ridiculed "Better Living Through Microsoft" file (sorry ), I have this:
I'm not one who can really report too much on the good/bad of Microsoft, as I'm a Mac user. I mean, I work in IT and support Windows machines and all, but all the problems I see on clients' machines are (by and large) the fault of the client, not Bill Gates. I just blame him in order to make my clients feel like they're not total idiots. If I told them they were total idiots, I imagine they'd grow weary of paying my bills.
Anyway - one thing I have always felt Microsoft did well was hardware. Their keyboards tend to be serviceable (not as good as the old-reliable IBM keyboards of old, but what is?), and I have never had a problem with their mice. The first MS Optical Mouse Explorer that I owned was possibly the best money I've ever spent.
So I was using this Kensington keyboard for my Mac, cause I didn't like the Apple keyboard I'd originally got (and it didn't like getting green tea poured into it), but the space bar busted on it some time ago, and I just hadn't gotten around to replacing it. I finally did this week, got me a MS Wireless Laser Desktop 6000. People - if you want a wireless input solution, buy this fucking set. The keyboard has an excellent layout and feel, and the mouse is a nice weight, and points like a dream! I'm even enjoying the excellent Intellipoint software on my Mac. Bravo, Microsoft. I can now lean back when I surf. Bravo, indeed.